Freedom Park: Camarillo diamonds

Freedom Park near the Camarillo Airport has been remade into five baseball diamonds, all with lights, including Veterans Field, a full-size baseball field.

DAVID YAMAMOTO/SPECIAL TO THE STAR Cade Thomson from the Southern California Blaze pitches a ball to his opponent from a new pitcher's mound at Freedom Park in Camarillo.

DAVID YAMAMOTO/SPECIAL TO THE STAR Members of the Southern California Blaze and the Southern California Barons face off against each other in Camarillo at Freedom Park's new regulation-size field during a recent tournament. The players tested the field ahead of its grand opening Feb. 2.

DAVID YAMAMOTO/SPECIAL TO THE STAR Nick Marienthal, crew leader with the Pleasant Valley Recreation and Park District, cleans up a base path between games at Freedom Park in Camarillo.

DAVID YAMAMOTO/SPECIAL TO THE STAR Members of the Southern California Cardinals enjoy Freedom Park's new, larger dugouts during a recent tournament.

DAVID YAMAMOTO/SPECIAL TO THE STAR Matthew Parker, Pleasant Valley Recreation and Park District Park supervisor, tends to a new pitcher's mound between games during a recent tournament to test fields before their grand opening on Feb. 2 at Freedom Park in Camarillo.